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USS LCI(G)-70
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USS LCI(L)-70 (1942 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Lima - Oscar
NCLO

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, January 1945 enroute Lingayen Gulf)
Second Row - Presidential Unit Citation (2) (Bougainville Landings,5-10 November 1943 & Lingayen Gulf landings, 5-9 January 1945) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (7)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)
Personnel Medal

Purple Heart, 3-KIA, 6-WIA, (2-KIA and 6-WIA January 1945, enroute to Lingayen Gulf landings)

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 15 September 1942, at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX.

Launched, 25 October 1942

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-70, 24 December 1942

Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-70, 15 June 1944

During World War II USS LCI(L)-70 / LCI(G)-70 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns;

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
New Georgia Group operation New Georgia; Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 1 to 4 July 1943	Western New Guinea operations Morotai landings, 15 September 1944
Treasury-Bougainville operations Treasury Island landing, 1 to 6 November 1943 Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina, 5 and 8 November 1943	Luzon operation Mindoro landings, 12 to 18 December 1944 Lingayen Gulf landing, 4 to 18 January 1945
Bismarck Archipelago operation Green Islands landing, 15 to 19 February 1944	Borneo operation Brunei Bay operation, 10 June 1945
Consolidation of Solomon Islands Consolidation of northern Solomons. 28 April to 15 June 1944

Decommissioned in 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 26 February 1946

USS LCI(L)-70 / LCI(G)-70 was awarded two Presidential Unit Citations and earned seven battle stars for World War services

Final Disposition, sold, 3 December 1946, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t. (landing), 389 t.(loaded)
Length 158' 5½"
Beam 23' 3"

Draft

Light 3' 1½" mean

Landing, 2' 8" forward, 4' 10" aft

Loaded, 5' 4" forward, 5' 11" aft

Speed

16 kts (max.)

14 kts maximum continuous

LCI(L) Complement

4 Officers

24 Enlisted

LCI(G) Complement

5 Officers

65 Enlisted

LCI(L) Troop Capacity

6 Officers

182 Enlisted

LCI(L) Cargo Capacity 75 tons

Armor 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house

Endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts, loaded, 500 miles at 15 kts; and 110 tons of fuel

LCI(L) Armament

five single 20mm guns, one bow mounted, one each port and starboard forward of wheelhouse, one each port and starboard aft of wheelhouse

on some LCIs two .50 cal machine guns were added

LCI(G) Armament

two 40mm AA gun mounts

four 20mm AA gun mounts

six .50cal machine guns

ten MK7 rocket launchers

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 800 Bbls

lube oil 200 gal

Propulsion

two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft

single General Motors Main reduction gears

two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

twin variable pitch propellers, 2,320shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS LCI(L)-70
	29k	USS LCI(L)-70 beached with one ramp down, notice camouflage netting over the ship, date and location unknown.	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
USS LCI(G)-70
	93k	USS LCI(G)-70 at anchor, date and location unknown. Note 3"/50 cal gun mounted in gun tub. Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter The Elsie Item, December 1996 issue	Ardie Hunt
	102k	A hole in the side of USS LCI(G)-70 from a torpedo hit. The torpedo bounced through the side and came to rest on her engines, killing one man. Photo from the USS LCI National Association's 2006 calendar.	Ardie Hunt
	102k	The crew of USS LCI(G)-70 with the Japanese torpedo that did not explode after hitting them and ending up in the ships engine room. They took this picture as proof of their good fortune. (Charles (Rick) Hedderick RM1/c, front row fourth from the left) won the Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal for his heroic action in helping to save the ship after the torpedo struck.) Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", December 2005 issue, courtesy, Leo Janetis USS LCI(G)-68	Ardie Hunt
	251k	Part of the crew of USS LCI(G)-70 with the Japanese torpedo that did not explode after hitting them and ending up in the ships engine room. Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", March 2001 issue, courtesy, Leo Janetis USS LCI(G)-68	Ardie Hunt
	50k	USS LCI(G)-70 crewmen Reulet and Tedesko with their two mascots "Seven" and "Zero". Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", March 2010 issue	Ardie Hunt
	342k	Painting of USS LCI(G)-70 under attack by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft, 5 January 1945. The aircraft crashed through the mast, and into the 3"/50 cal. gun mount and crew on the bow.	Painted by Joseph Ortiz in honor of his uncle Gilbert Ortiz USS LCI(G)-70

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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USS LCI(L)-70 (1942 - 1944)